food
How To Make Risotto (It’s Easy, Honestly!)
If I can do this, YOU can do this! I recently learned how to make a super simple risotto with the help of Servino Ristorante in California! If you’re feeling stuck with your COVID-19 cooking, this might help you get out of your rut. If you’re looking for ideas that use minimal ingredients, which you
Healthy Fun Kid’s Lunches Part One: Keep It Simple
One of the biggest stressors of school for me is packing my kid’s lunches. Healthy eating is a big part of our families life and we do love healthy eating but sometimes (a lot of the time) it feels like a struggle make healthy lunches. This is the first of five videos that we will
Our Family Is Planting A Veggie Garden For The First Time!
The Healthy Kids Community Challenge is a campaign designed to get our kids eating more fruits and veggies. Peterborough, Ontario has been selected as one of the pilot locations to launch this campaign in hopes that we can show the country that by getting kids involved in their food (i.e. gardening) they will make healthier
Did Our Kids Survive On $55 Worth of Groceries?
It started out as a joke. Our kids were whining about what we were eating for dinner and my husband said, “I’m gonna make you get your own groceries” and I thought, what an awesome idea. Let’s make our kids get their own groceries. I pitched the idea to Dave Morello, owner of Morello’s Independent
Win A Steakstone Dinner From One Eighty
Peterborough Ontario continues to raise the bar in the restaurant industry. We have some of the best food and dining experiences around! Adding to the dining experience is the “Steakstones”. I have to admit, when I first heard of the concept of the Steakstone, I thought, “I can’t even cook a steak properly at home,
A Winemaker’s Dinner: You Should Go
A couples night out is always fun. We are always looking for something a wee bit different. We found it at Elmhirst’s Resort in Keene Ontario. My parents my husband and I had an opportunity to try new food and new wine! We also learned how to really taste wine with a wine sampling in
Wheat Free Cookies & Crackers… But Do They Taste Like Dog Food??
NO! Why does everyone assume healthy food, or wheat free food is gonna taste terrible? If it tasted that terrible I wouldn’t have been able to stay wheat free for two years. It is a different taste, for sure and for some people it takes a bit of adjusting, but ease into it. The Nairns